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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Afghanistan" title="2019 in Afghanistan">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Afghanistan" title="2020 in Afghanistan">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Afghanistan" title="2021 in Afghanistan">2021</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:1990s in Afghanistan">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2000s in Afghanistan">2000s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2010s in Afghanistan">2010s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:2020s in Afghanistan">2020s</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">Other events of 2018</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Afghanistan" title="List of years in Afghanistan">List of years in Afghanistan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events in the year <b>2018 in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></b>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1119456059">.mw-parser-output .tocnumber{display:none}.mw-parser-output #toc ul,.mw-parser-output .toc ul{line-height:1.5em;list-style:none;margin:.3em 0 0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist #toc ul ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist .toc ul ul{margin:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1097603156">.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-center{clear:none}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-align-center .toc{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-right{clear:right}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .horizontal-toc-clear-none{clear:none}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist horizontal-toc"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan" title="President of Afghanistan">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief Executive (Afghanistan)">Chief Executive</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Abdullah">Abdullah Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wolesi_Jirga" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolesi Jirga">Wolesi Jirga</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rauf_Ibrahimi" title="Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi">Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of <a href="/wiki/Meshrano_Jirga" class="mw-redirect" title="Meshrano Jirga">Meshrano Jirga</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fazel_Hadi_Muslimyar" title="Fazel Hadi Muslimyar">Fazel Hadi Muslimyar</a></li> <li>First <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Afghanistan" title="Vice President of Afghanistan">Vice President of Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum" title="Abdul Rashid Dostum">Abdul Rashid Dostum</a></li> <li>Second <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Afghanistan" title="Vice President of Afghanistan">Vice President of Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sarwar_Danish" title="Sarwar Danish">Sarwar Danish</a></li> <li>First <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deputy" class="extiw" title="wikt:deputy">Deputy</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Khyal_Mohammad_Mohammad_Khan" title="Khyal Mohammad Mohammad Khan">Khyal Mohammad Mohammad Khan</a></li> <li>Second <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deputy" class="extiw" title="wikt:deputy">Deputy</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Mohaqiq" title="Muhammad Mohaqiq">Muhammad Mohaqiq</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 1 – A <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces (United States Army)">US Army Special Forces</a> soldier from 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/10th_Special_Forces_Group_(United_States)" title="10th Special Forces Group (United States)">10th SFG</a> was killed by small arms fire during a combat engagement whilst on patrol in <a href="/wiki/Achin_District" title="Achin District">Achin District</a>, Nangarhar Province. Four other service members were wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also that day, Afghan special forces attacked a <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> "<a href="/wiki/Red_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Group">Red Unit</a>" prison compound in <a href="/wiki/Nahri_Saraj_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nahri Saraj District">Nahr-e Saraj district</a>, Helmand Province.<sup id="cite_ref-Military_Times_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Military_Times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 16 – Taliban insurgents (whom Afghan officials and a Taliban spokesman said were a Taliban Red Unit) using night vision and laser targeting equipment briefly overran <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan Army</a> positions in the village of Gholam Sakhi, <a href="/wiki/Kunduz_Province" title="Kunduz Province">Kunduz Province</a>, killing at least six soldiers and two police officers and wounding five more.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army_Commando_Corps" title="Afghan National Army Commando Corps">Afghan commandos</a> carried out a nighttime helicopter assault on a Taliban prison in <a href="/wiki/Nawzad_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawzad district">Nawzad district</a>, Helmand Province, "eliminating" five Taliban fighters guarding it and rescuing 13 prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-Military_Times_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Military_Times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 20 – US and Afghan forces raided a Taliban prison in <a href="/wiki/Baghran_District" title="Baghran District">Baghran District</a>, Helmand province, rescuing more than 60 Afghan security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Military_Times_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Military_Times-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also that day, militants of either the Taliban or the <a href="/wiki/Haqqani_network" title="Haqqani network">Haqqani network</a> carried out the <a href="/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack" title="2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack">Inter-Continental Hotel attack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, killing 40 and injuring over 22.</li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> militants carried out the <a href="/wiki/2018_Save_The_Children_Jalalabad_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Save The Children Jalalabad attack">Save The Children attack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a>, killing three and injuring at least 25 others. <i>Air Force Times</i> reported that <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10C Thunderbolt IIs</a> carried out their first strikes since deploying to the country, conducting two <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sorties</a> on Taliban fighters marked by a US Army drone in Helmand province, who were engaging an <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Security_Forces" title="Afghan National Security Forces">Afghan National Defense and Security Forces</a> patrol with small arms and a <a href="/wiki/PK_machine_gun" title="PK machine gun">PK machine gun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/2018_Kabul_ambulance_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Kabul ambulance bombing">A Taliban suicide attack</a> at a checkpoint in a secure zone-home to government offices and foreign embassies-in Kabul killed at least 103 people and injured 235 others.</li> <li>January 28 – Afghan forces captured Khitab Aka, the head facilitator of foreign fighters for ISIS-K, in <a href="/wiki/Jowzjan_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jowzjan province">Jowzjan province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stars_and_Stripes_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stars_and_Stripes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 29 – IS militants attacked the <a href="/wiki/Marshal_Fahim_National_Defense_University" title="Marshal Fahim National Defense University">Marshal Fahim National Defense University</a> in Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers and wounding 16 more, four militants were killed and one captured.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 31 – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Afghanistan and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. One report cited the killing of one girl, and injuries to 10 other persons.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – An Afghan special operations unit, backed by US airstrikes launched an offensive against the Taliban in <a href="/wiki/Maywand_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Maywand District">Maiwand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panjwayi_District" title="Panjwayi District">Panjwai districts</a>, Kandahar Province, the <a href="/wiki/National_Directorate_of_Security" title="National Directorate of Security">National Directorate of Security</a> said that 50 Taliban (including some key commanders) were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 4 – A US <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52</a> dropped 24 precision-guided munitions-the most ever launched by a B-52-on a Taliban training camp in <a href="/wiki/Badakhshan_Province" title="Badakhshan Province">Badakhshan Province</a>, the air force said that the strikes "took out three defensive fighting positions around the camp, degrading the Taliban's ability to conduct training and operations."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 8 – A US drone strike on a vehicle in <a href="/wiki/Barmal_District" title="Barmal District">Barmal District</a>, Paktia province, killed four militants.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February 24 – Taliban militants carried out a pre-dawn assault on a military base in <a href="/wiki/Bala_Buluk_District" title="Bala Buluk District">Balabluk district</a>, Farah province, killing 18 soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 9 – An attack in Kabul claimed by ISIS left at least nine civilians dead and 18 civilians wounded. Most, if not all, of the victims were Shia Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also on that day, 10 soldiers of the Afghan army and six members of the police force were killed by the Taliban in the <a href="/wiki/Takhar_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Takhar province">Takhar province</a>.</li> <li>March 16 – A US airstrike killed two ISIL-K facilitators (whom were also the equivalent of <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> leaders in the group) whilst they met in <a href="/wiki/Sar-e_Pol_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sar-e Pol Province">Sar-e Pol Province</a>. Also that day, an Afghan Special Security Forces carried out a nighttime raid on the ISIL-K's headquarters in Jowzjan Province, killing 13 fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-Stars_and_Stripes_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stars_and_Stripes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>March 26/27 – Afghan and US special operations forces conducting a nighttime raid in the village of Mughul in Jowzjan province, which resulted in the death of an ISIS-K commander and one other terrorist.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 5 – A US airstrike in <a href="/wiki/Bilchiragh_District" title="Bilchiragh District">Bal Chiragh</a> district, Faryab province killed a senior ISIS-K commander in Afghanistan, along with his bodyguard.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 11 – US and Afghan special operations forces conducted a nighttime raid on in <a href="/wiki/Darzab_District" title="Darzab District">Darzab District</a>, Jowzjan province killed 22 ISIL-K fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also that day, Taliban fighters attacked the district and police headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Umari_District" title="Khwaja Umari District">Khwaja Omari district</a>, Ghazni province, the Taliban used heavy weapons and fighting lasted for three hours, until Afghan reinforcements arrived and the Taliban escaped the area, 14 people were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 30 – A US soldier from 3rd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/509th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="509th Infantry Regiment (United States)">509th Infantry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/4th_Brigade_Combat_Team_(Airborne),_25th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division">4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team</a>, <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a> died as a result of enemy small arms fire in the <a href="/wiki/Tagab_District,_Kapisa" title="Tagab District, Kapisa">Tagab district</a>, Kapisa Province.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another US service member was wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – A suicide bomber kills nineteen people, including 10 Sikhs, at the PD1 market in <a href="/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 12 – Taliban fighters start to attack ISIL-K in <a href="/wiki/Darzab_District" title="Darzab District">Darzab District</a> of northern Afghanistan in retaliation for the execution of a Taliban commander by the Islamic State. These skirmishes soon escalate, resulting in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Battle of Darzab (2018)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-northern_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northern-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 1 – Following heavy fighting with the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>, more than 200 ISIL-K fighters in the Darzab District surrendered to the Afghan government, while 128 ISIL-K fighters were captured by the Taliban. Following the mass surrenders, the Taliban took full control of ISIL's former territory in the Darzab District. This event marks the end of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Darzab_(2018)" title="Battle of Darzab (2018)">Battle of Darzab (2018)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Taliban_surge_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taliban_surge-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 10 – The <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> launched a large-scale <a href="/wiki/Ghazni_offensive" title="Ghazni offensive">offensive</a> on the southeastern Afghan city of <a href="/wiki/Ghazni" title="Ghazni">Ghazni</a>.</li> <li>August 15 – A suicide attack targeting an education center in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> killed 48 people. The attack took place in a Shia neighbourhood and the responsibility was claimed by <a href="/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 26 – Unidentified gunmen kill two <a href="/wiki/Tajik_Border_Troops" title="Tajik Border Troops">Tajik border guards</a>, unidentified aircraft respond with airstrike in <a href="/wiki/Darqad_District" title="Darqad District">Darqad District</a>, killing at least six suspected drug smugglers.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In response to critical levels of internal displacement, caused by what was described as the worst <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">drought</a> in decades, the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Migration" title="International Organization for Migration">International Organization for Migration</a> (IOM) monitored <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced person</a> (IDP) inflows to the western city of <a href="/wiki/Herat" title="Herat">Herat</a>, but had to discontinue three monitoring points due to opportunistic IDPs arriving in overwhelming numbers and attempting to take advantage of presumed distributions. During the September–October period, IOM enumerated over 17,000 IDPs across all monitoring points.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Province" title="Kandahar Province">Kandahar Province</a> police chief of <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Raziq_Achakzai" title="Abdul Raziq Achakzai">Abdul Raziq Achakzai</a> was killed in a Taliban shooting attack following a meeting with the top U.S. and NATO commander, and two Americans were wounded. The attack at the <a href="/wiki/Kandahar" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> Palace did not wound U.S. Army General <a href="/wiki/Austin_S._Miller" title="Austin S. Miller">Scott Miller</a>, but also killed the provincial head of the <a href="/wiki/National_Directorate_of_Security" title="National Directorate of Security">National Directorate of Security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Three <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> troops are killed and three others are wounded in an <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">IED</a> blast near <a href="/wiki/Ghazni" title="Ghazni">Ghazni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46356990">(BBC)</a></li> <li>The U.S. considered asking Afghanistan to suspend its <a href="/wiki/Afghan_presidential_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan presidential election, 2019">April 2019 presidential elections</a> while pursuing peace talks with the Taliban.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-asking-afghanistan-to-suspend-presidential-election-1542054459">(Wall Street Journal)</a> Later, former Afghan National Security Adviser <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hanif_Atmar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Hanif Atmar">Mohammad Hanif Atmar</a> announced his candidacy, indicating he firmly believes a peace deal with the Taliban is possible. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thediplomat.com/2018/11/afghanistans-most-powerful-person-announces-bid-for-april-presidential-elections/">(The Diplomat)</a></li> <li>A bombing in an Afghan army <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> killed at least 27 troops in southeastern <a href="/wiki/Khost_Province" title="Khost Province">Khost Province</a>, while dozens more were wounded. Days earlier, 55 young Islamic scholars and clerics were killed by a suicide bomber in a hotel in <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> while marking the prophet Muhammad's birth. This was the first recorded incident of attacking a mosque on an army base, and ISIS later claimed responsibility.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/suicide-bomber-attacks-mosque-filled-with-praying-soldiers-in-afghanistan-killing-at-least-10/2018/11/23/2b253720-ef10-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html">(Washington Post)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-blast-at-afghanistan-mosque-idUSKCN1NT0FV">(Reuters)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – A U.S. airstrike on a compound in <a href="/wiki/Garmsir_District" title="Garmsir District">Garmsir District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a> during a joint operation between Afghan and U.S. forces killed as many as 23 civilians, with most victims women and children, the UN says.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_28" title="November 28">November 28</a>– Afghan President <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Ghani" title="Ashraf Ghani">Ashraf Ghani</a> formed a 12-member team to hold peace talks with the Taliban while attending a two-day international peace conference in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The U.S. dropped more bombs and other munitions over ten months than in any other full year since documentation began, new <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> data shows.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Afghanistan overtook <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> to become the world's deadliest country for <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>—one-quarter of all worldwide terrorism-related deaths during <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> occurred there.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> – A U.S. airstrike in <a href="/wiki/Nawzad_District" title="Nawzad District">Nawzad District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a> killed <a href="/wiki/Mullah" title="Mullah">Mullah</a> Abdul Mannan <a href="/wiki/Akhoond" class="mw-redirect" title="Akhoond">Akhoond</a>, the Taliban's "governor" and military chief for southern Helmand.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad" title="Zalmay Khalilzad">Zalmay Khalilzad</a>, in charge of U.S. peace efforts in Afghanistan, left for an eight-country tour to discuss negotiating with the Taliban—he will travel to Afghanistan, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, and has already spoken multiple times with senior Taliban officials by their account.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts in western <a href="/wiki/Herat_Province" title="Herat Province">Herat Province</a>, killing 14 Afghan soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">December 18</a> – Despite objections from his military advisors, Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to withdraw about half the troops in Afghanistan. It could take months to withdraw the nearly 7,000 troops.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – More than 40 people died in a bombing and attack at a government building in Kabul; most were government employees. No group claimed responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – A report issued by <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> revealed that during the first nine months of 2018, five thousand children were killed or injured in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programs, said the world has forgotten children living in conflict zones.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> – Officials announced the presidential elections scheduled for April 2019 will be delayed three months (until July 2019), to ensure better organized polls but also due to ongoing efforts at peace negotiations with the Taliban.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – Three simultaneous nighttime assaults on <a href="/wiki/Oil_well" title="Oil well">oil wells</a> by Taliban near the capital of <a href="/wiki/Sar-e_Pol_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Sar-e Pol Province">Sar-e Pol Province</a> killed at least 21 Afghan police officers; the Afghan army responded by firing artillery into the capital's outskirts, which caused civilians to flee.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg/100px-Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg/150px-Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg/200px-Abdul_Raziq_in_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1684" data-file-height="1684" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Raziq_Achakzai" title="Abdul Raziq Achakzai">Abdul Raziq Achakzai</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Shah_Marai" title="Shah Marai">Shah Marai</a>, journalist and photographer</li> <li>September 2 - Shoaib Moradef, major, <a href="/wiki/Commando" title="Commando">commando</a>, in a military airplane accident in northern Afghanistan (b. 1985).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Jalaluddin_Haqqani" title="Jalaluddin Haqqani">Jalaluddin Haqqani</a>, militant, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Haqqani_network" title="Haqqani network">Haqqani network</a> (b. 1939).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 5 - Samim Faramarz, television reporter, killed live on air along with cameraman Ramiz Ahmadi while covering a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide bombing">suicide bombing</a> (b. 1990).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 17 - <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Jabar_Qahraman" title="Abdul Jabar Qahraman">Abdul Jabar Qahraman</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" title="Democratic Republic of Afghanistan">DRA</a> era general, assassinated by the Taliban while running in parliamentary elections.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 18 - <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Raziq_Achakzai" title="Abdul Raziq Achakzai">Abdul Raziq Achakzai</a>, brigadier general, assassinated by the Taliban while meeting with American counterparts (b. 1979).<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStarr" class="citation news cs1">Starr, Barbara. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/afghanistan-service-member/index.html">"US soldier killed in Afghanistan"</a>. 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Afghanistan">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1880_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1880 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1881_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1881 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1882_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1882 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1883_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1883 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1884_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1884 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1885_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1885 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1887_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1887 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1888_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1888 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1889_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1889 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1891_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1891 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1893_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1893 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1894_in_Afghanistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1894 in Afghanistan (page does not exist)">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Afghanistan" title="1896 in Afghanistan">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Afghanistan" title="1897 in Afghanistan">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Afghanistan" title="1898 in Afghanistan">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Afghanistan" title="1899 in Afghanistan">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Afghanistan" title="1900 in Afghanistan">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_20th_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan">20th century</a></th><td 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Afghanistan">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_Afghanistan" title="1912 in Afghanistan">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_Afghanistan" title="1913 in Afghanistan">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_Afghanistan" title="1914 in Afghanistan">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_Afghanistan" title="1915 in Afghanistan">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_Afghanistan" title="1916 in Afghanistan">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_Afghanistan" title="1917 in Afghanistan">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Afghanistan" title="1918 in Afghanistan">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Afghanistan" title="1919 in Afghanistan">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_Afghanistan" title="1920 in Afghanistan">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_Afghanistan" title="1921 in Afghanistan">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_Afghanistan" title="1922 in Afghanistan">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_Afghanistan" title="1923 in Afghanistan">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_Afghanistan" title="1924 in Afghanistan">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_Afghanistan" title="1925 in Afghanistan">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_Afghanistan" title="1926 in Afghanistan">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_Afghanistan" title="1927 in Afghanistan">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_Afghanistan" title="1928 in Afghanistan">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_Afghanistan" title="1929 in Afghanistan">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_Afghanistan" title="1930 in Afghanistan">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_Afghanistan" title="1931 in Afghanistan">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_Afghanistan" title="1932 in Afghanistan">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_Afghanistan" title="1933 in Afghanistan">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Afghanistan" title="1934 in Afghanistan">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_Afghanistan" title="1935 in Afghanistan">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_Afghanistan" title="1936 in Afghanistan">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_Afghanistan" title="1937 in Afghanistan">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_Afghanistan" title="1938 in Afghanistan">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_Afghanistan" title="1939 in Afghanistan">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Afghanistan" title="1940 in Afghanistan">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_Afghanistan" title="1941 in Afghanistan">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_Afghanistan" title="1942 in Afghanistan">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_Afghanistan" title="1943 in Afghanistan">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Afghanistan" title="1944 in Afghanistan">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Afghanistan" title="1945 in Afghanistan">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Afghanistan" title="1946 in Afghanistan">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Afghanistan" title="1947 in Afghanistan">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_Afghanistan" title="1948 in Afghanistan">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_Afghanistan" title="1949 in Afghanistan">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_Afghanistan" title="1950 in Afghanistan">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Afghanistan" title="1951 in Afghanistan">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Afghanistan" title="1952 in Afghanistan">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Afghanistan" title="1953 in Afghanistan">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Afghanistan" title="1954 in Afghanistan">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Afghanistan" title="1955 in Afghanistan">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Afghanistan" title="1956 in Afghanistan">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Afghanistan" title="1957 in Afghanistan">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_Afghanistan" title="1958 in Afghanistan">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Afghanistan" title="1959 in Afghanistan">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Afghanistan" title="1960 in Afghanistan">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Afghanistan" title="1961 in Afghanistan">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Afghanistan" title="1962 in Afghanistan">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Afghanistan" title="1963 in Afghanistan">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Afghanistan" title="1964 in Afghanistan">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_Afghanistan" title="1965 in Afghanistan">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Afghanistan" title="1966 in Afghanistan">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Afghanistan" title="1967 in Afghanistan">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_Afghanistan" title="1968 in Afghanistan">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_Afghanistan" title="1969 in Afghanistan">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_Afghanistan" title="1970 in Afghanistan">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_Afghanistan" title="1971 in Afghanistan">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_Afghanistan" title="1972 in Afghanistan">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_Afghanistan" title="1973 in Afghanistan">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_Afghanistan" title="1974 in Afghanistan">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_Afghanistan" title="1975 in Afghanistan">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_Afghanistan" title="1976 in Afghanistan">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Afghanistan" title="1977 in Afghanistan">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_Afghanistan" title="1978 in Afghanistan">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_Afghanistan" title="1979 in Afghanistan">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_Afghanistan" title="1980 in Afghanistan">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_Afghanistan" title="1981 in Afghanistan">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_Afghanistan" title="1982 in Afghanistan">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_Afghanistan" title="1983 in Afghanistan">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_Afghanistan" title="1984 in Afghanistan">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_Afghanistan" title="1985 in Afghanistan">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_Afghanistan" title="1986 in Afghanistan">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_Afghanistan" title="1987 in Afghanistan">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_Afghanistan" title="1988 in Afghanistan">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_Afghanistan" title="1989 in Afghanistan">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_Afghanistan" title="1990 in Afghanistan">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_Afghanistan" title="1991 in Afghanistan">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Afghanistan" title="1992 in Afghanistan">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Afghanistan" title="1993 in Afghanistan">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Afghanistan" title="1994 in Afghanistan">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_Afghanistan" title="1995 in Afghanistan">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Afghanistan" title="1996 in Afghanistan">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Afghanistan" title="1997 in Afghanistan">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Afghanistan" title="1998 in Afghanistan">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Afghanistan" title="1999 in Afghanistan">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Afghanistan" title="2000 in Afghanistan">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_21st_century_in_Afghanistan" title="Category:Years of the 21st century in Afghanistan">21st century</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Afghanistan" title="2001 in Afghanistan">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Afghanistan" title="2002 in Afghanistan">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Afghanistan" title="2003 in Afghanistan">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Afghanistan" title="2004 in Afghanistan">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Afghanistan" title="2005 in Afghanistan">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Afghanistan" title="2006 in Afghanistan">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Afghanistan" title="2007 in Afghanistan">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Afghanistan" title="2008 in Afghanistan">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Afghanistan" title="2009 in Afghanistan">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Afghanistan" title="2010 in Afghanistan">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Afghanistan" title="2011 in Afghanistan">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Afghanistan" title="2012 in Afghanistan">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Afghanistan" title="2013 in Afghanistan">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Afghanistan" title="2014 in Afghanistan">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Afghanistan" title="2015 in Afghanistan">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Afghanistan" title="2016 in Afghanistan">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Afghanistan" title="2017 in Afghanistan">2017</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Afghanistan" title="2019 in Afghanistan">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Afghanistan" title="2020 in Afghanistan">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Afghanistan" title="2021 in Afghanistan">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Afghanistan" title="2022 in Afghanistan">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Afghanistan" title="2023 in Afghanistan">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Afghanistan" title="2024 in Afghanistan">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Afghanistan" title="2025 in Afghanistan">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link 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title="2018 in Myanmar">Burma (Myanmar)</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Cambodia" title="2018 in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_China" title="2018 in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Cyprus" title="2018 in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Egypt" title="2018 in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Georgia_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_India" title="2018 in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Indonesia" title="2018 in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Iran" title="2018 in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Iraq" title="2018 in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Israel" title="2018 in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Japan" title="2018 in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Jordan" title="2018 in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Kazakhstan" title="2018 in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_North_Korea" title="2018 in North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_South_Korea" title="2018 in South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Kuwait" title="2018 in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="2018 in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Laos" title="2018 in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Lebanon" title="2018 in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Malaysia" title="2018 in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_the_Maldives" title="2018 in the Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Mongolia" title="2018 in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Nepal" title="2018 in 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">States with limited<br />recognition</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Abkhazia" title="History of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic">Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a></li> <li><a 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